Kendrick Lamar reportedly threatens to pull his music from Spotify after disagreeing with hateful conduct policy

The new policy removed artists R. Kelly and XXXTentacion from playlists

Spotify plan on walking back on the changes they made to their streaming platform through a new hate content policy, reportedly following pressure from representatives of artists including rapper Kendrick Lamar.

Spotify’s changes to their platform comes as part of the streaming service’s new Hate Content & Hateful Conduct policy, which aims to promote “openness, diversity, tolerance and respect”.

The policy notes that: “When an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful (for example, violence against children and sexual violence), it may affect the ways we work with or support that artist or creator”.

However, as Bloomberg reports, the policy is now being changed after frustrations have been voiced by representatives of artists like Kendrick Lamar. The representatives reportedly called Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and head of AR Troy Carer to threaten to pull their music from the platform if the policy remained in its current state.

In a recent statement, the star said he is “heartbroken” by the allegations, describing himself as “a God-fearing man, a son, a brother, and most importantly a father”.

Kelly went on to claim that the media has “perpetuated… dissected and manipulated these false allegations” in an “attempt to distort my character and to destroy my legacy that I have worked so hard to build”.